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By Dan Skilken President, CBD Board of Directors At the May 29th congregational meeting, we announced that unfortunately Bryson Burns Construction, our contractor had declared bankruptcy, and went out of business. We have filed a complaint with the Contractor’s State License Board, alleging that Bryson Burns diverted approximately $1,100,000 of our funds that we paid them, by failing to pay our subcontractors for three months from February to April 2016. This came as a complete surprise to all of us. We believed Bryson Burns when they told us they were paying our subcontractors, as there had been no indication in the previous 12 months of work, that they weren’t. We had twelve months of trouble free business with Bryson Burns; they went from a thriving construction firm with a stellar […]

The Mashgiach and the Captain: Lessons in Judging Others Favorably Rabbi Philip Ohriner Rosh Hashanah Day #1, 5777 There once was a great mashgiach, a supervisor of kosher standards at a food processing plant. The mashgiach was revered by rabbis and his community for upholding the highest standard of kashrut. The trusted mashgiach spent his days travelling from one factory to the next inspecting kitchens and ingredients without a single incident. One day, a factory manager pulled him aside as he entered the factory’s kitchen for an inspection. The manager told him that one of the security guards had seen someone come into the kitchen, look into the pots, and reed the ingredient labels. The mashgiach was a bit miffed at this intrusion. “If a fellow Jew had a concern […]